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10 unusual facts about Fernando Alonso


1952 Indianapolis 500

Ruttman's win also saw him become the youngest winner of a World Drivers' Championship race, a record he would hold for 51 years until the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix when Spanish driver Fernando Alonso won at the age of 22 years and 26 days.

1959 British Grand Prix

It was another 44 years before Fernando Alonso relieved him of that achievement with fastest lap in the 2003 Canadian GP.

2013 Belgian Grand Prix

But Fernando Alonso managed to set the fastest time at the last moment and his team-mate Felipe Massa also made it into the next session.

On the other hand, Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso both enjoyed a great getaway, running in fourth and fifth places respectively.

Dasha Kapustina

Kapustina has been dating Spanish Formula One driver Fernando Alonso since mid-2012.

Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano

Ferrari released a video featuring Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa driving the car at Ferrari's own test track, the Pista di Fiorano.

From Froilán González's win at Silverstone in 1951 with the Ferrari 375 F1, to Fernando Alonso's win at Silverstone in 2011 in the Ferrari 150° Italia, Ferrari have been winning hundreds of F1 races.

Formula Rossa

Ferrari Formula One drivers, Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso rode the Formula Rossa on November 11, 2010, 3 days before the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Oxford Brookes University

In 2007, Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso sponsored 12 Spanish postgraduate students to study for an MSc in motorsport engineering or in race engine design within the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences at the university.

Simon Rennie

2005 saw him acting as the Data Engineer for the winner of the previous World Driver's Championship, Spanish driver Fernando Alonso.


2007 Chinese Grand Prix

As usual in the 2007 season, the Ferraris and McLarens occupied the top 4 spots in qualifying, with Italian team's Felipe Massa pipping his Woking opposite number, Fernando Alonso, to third place.

2011 Chinese Grand Prix

In the World Constructors' Championship, Red Bull's championship lead was also cut from 24 points to 20 by McLaren, with Ferrari a further 35 points behind in third position after drivers Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso finished in sixth and seventh places respectively.

2013 Federated Auto Parts 400

Many in the garage suspected that Bowyer had spun out in an attempt to manipulate the outcome of the race so that teammate Truex would gain a Chase spot, in an incident dubbed the Singapore Sling, after the 2008 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix Formula One race, where Nelson Piquet, Jr. intentionally caused a caution to give an advantage to teammate Fernando Alonso, who would win the race.

Chris Dyer

Despite suggestions that the pair didn't always get the most from the package, Räikkönen took the title in 2007 at the final race by a single point over Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso.

Donington Grand Prix Exhibition

-- Hill's name in full to clarify that it's Graham, not Damon --> Mansell, Hunt and Alonso amongst others, a small collection of racing motorcycles, including a Daijiro Kato Honda and a Barry Sheene Heron Texaco Suzuki and a number of collections of trophies and awards gained by a selection of British drivers and riders.

Hungarian Grand Prix

Other notable occasions in Budapest include first Grand Prix wins for Damon Hill in 1993, Fernando Alonso (in 2003), the first Grand Prix winner from Spain, who also became the youngest ever driver (at the time) to win a GP, Jenson Button in an incident-packed race in 2006 and Heikki Kovalainen in 2008, the latter of whom was also the 100th Grand Prix winner.

Marina Bay Street Circuit

Several drivers, including Sébastien Bourdais and Fernando Alonso, expressed their concern about the high and harsh kerbs at the chicane at turn 10 of the street circuit.

Mutua Madrileña

After the 2006 Formula One season, the company declared the move of the sponsorship from Renault F1 to McLaren-Mercedes with Fernando Alonso.